Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, on Saturday voted in the state’s 2021 gubernatorial election at Otuocha ward 4 in Aguleri. He was accompanied by his wife, Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano. They both went through a rapid accreditation process before casting their…
Anambra is peaceful, people are not leaving, says govt
The Anambra State government has described a news item claiming that people are leaving Anambra State in droves on account of political violence as “utterly false”. According to a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment in the…
Roads deserted in Akwa despite halt of sit-at-home order
Residents of Akwa, Anambra State in the early hours of Friday stayed away from their places of business, with only a few cars, commercial buses, tricycles seen on the roads. Many had expected activities to pick up early in the…
Dear woman, when will you stop brutalising other people’s children?
The news report of Favour Anigbogu, the nine years old girl burnt with a hot iron by her mistress, one Ginika Nabefe is one too many acts of wickedness by adults to children in recent times. From dislocating a child’s…
Supreme court says Soludo can run for Anambra governor
Nigeria’s Supreme Court has affirmed Professor Charles Soludo as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State. The apex court also affirmed Victor Oye as the National Chairman of…
This Oba man called Obi Cubana -Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Nothing has shaken up Nigeria in recent times than the astounding burial of Obi Cubana’s mother in Oba town in Anambra State. The social media space was entirely taken over by all makes of accounts concerning the larger-than-life-and-death burial ceremonies. …
Anambra State endows Chinua Achebe Prize for Nigerian Writing
To mark the 40th anniversary of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) which Africa’s greatest raconteur and novelist founded at the University of Nigeria at Nsukka, the Anambra State Government has endowed a Chinua Achebe Prize for Nigerian Writing worth…
Andy Uba wins Anambra APC guber ticket
An All Progressives Congress governorship aspirant in Anambra State, Andy Nnamdi Uba, has defeated 13 other aspirants to emerge the party’s governorship candidate in the November 6 election. The chairman of the APC primary election panel and governor of Ogun…
Obi says hope not lost for Nigeria, as he receives 6 high-ranking members of USA Embassy in Nigeria
The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, yesterday, Wednesday, June 10, 2021, received six high-ranking members of the USA Consulate in Nigeria in his Onitsha residence, Anambra State. The team…
How I strangled creditor disturbing me to repay N100,000 – Suspect
A revenue collector in the Umuleri area of Anambra State, Ifeanyi Ezinwa, is being held by the police for the murder of his relative, Chukwuebuka Iloegbunam. Ezinwa reportedly strangled 19-year-old Iloegbunam for persistently demanding repayment of N100,000 he borrowed from…